A review by lelia_t
Biography: A Very Short Introduction by Hermione Lee

4.0

Hermione Lee is an excellent biographer and she brings her keen intellect and fine writing to this book. Her scope is limited primarily to British literary biography, yet she still packs in a wealth of information, from the evolution of biography to the challenges biographers’ face (objections raised by the subject’s family, discovering the inner world of an outwardly active subject, choosing what to include and what to omit…). This book has all the valuable insights you’d hope for in a reference book, but it’s also an engaging read for anyone who’s a fan of (student of, writer of) biographies.